GUELPH LAWYERS SMITHVALERIOTE LLP

Michelle Dwyer

mdwyer@smithvaleriote.com
Direct Line: 519-821-0013

Clerks
Cindy Birrell                ext 241   CBirrell@SmithValeriote.com
Alan Faeorin-cruich   ext 377   AFaeorin-Cruich@smithvaleriote.com  (Criminal matters only)

Michelle Dwyer practises in the areas of family law, criminal law, wills and estates, and real estate. She is a certified practitioner of collaborative family law and assists clients with negotiation, mediation, arbitration and litigation. Michelle represents clients in both the Ontario Court of Justice and in the Superior Court of Justice. She also prosecutes drug offences as an agent of the Public Prosecution Service of Canada and acts as a per diem Crown Attorney for the Ministry of the Attorney General.

Michelle obtained both a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science in 1995 and a Masters of Arts in Political Science in 2000 from the University of British Columbia. She completed a Juris Doctor degree in 2001 from the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law.

Michelle is SmithValeriote’s Gender Diversity Officer for the Law Society of Upper Canada’s Justicia Project, a province-wide think tank that promotes the retention and advancement of women in the private practice of law.

Michelle teaches undergraduate and graduate level courses in the Criminal Justice and Public Policy Program at the University of Guelph. She is also the Chair of the Board of Victim Services of Wellington County and serves on the University of Guelph Research Ethics Board.

Areas of Practice:

Family Law and Estate Litigation
Criminal and Provincial Offences